A "Hackbrett" is played with two hammerlike thingies, called... "Hacks". A Zither is played with funny caps on yer fingers... while an autohard has those funny black an white buttons and sliders (?) down at the bottom.

I noticed that as well. I thought autoharps were to be held upright against the tummy and chest, sort of like a washboard. Then I realized Geno must be playing a rare Appalachian Mountain autoharp. Too cool.

The strings are tuned chromatically. The bars with the buttons have felt glued to the undersides with gaps for the strings to ring in the chord chosed and the rest are damped by the felt when the button and bar are pressed down and the instrument is strummed. It has a very pleasing ringing sound similar to a 12 string or mandolin. I can be strumed with a felt pick , hard pick and are often played with finger picks as well.

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